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Table 5 Anopheles species and numbers collected simultaneously off human, cattle and buffalo baits in Hang Chuon village.

From: Vectors and malaria transmission in deforested, rural communities in north-central Vietnam

 

Bait type

Species

Human

Cattle

Buffalo

χ 2

AI

An. dirus

9

8

5

0.346

0.692

An. sawadwongporni

33

528

206

70.63**

0.045

An. sinensis

1

28

17

1.34

0.022

An. peditaeniatus

1

29

19

1.04

0.021

An. maculatus

14

504

327

18.85**

0.017

An. philippinensis

1

93

132

3.38

0.004

An. harrisoni

2

503

375

9.33*

0.002

An. aconitus

0

62

41

2.14

-

An. annularis

0

36

33

0.065

-

An. barbirostris

0

9

3

-

-

An. jamesi

0

1

1

-

-

An. kochi

0

129

71

8.41*

-

An. minimus

0

6

3

-

-

An. nivipes

0

4

4

-

-

An. tessellatus

0

2

0

-

-

An. umbrosus

0

0

3

-

-

An. vagus

0

300

168

18.61**

-

  1. Collections were made from 8pm - 10pm over 28 nights (14 nights during the wet season of 2006 and 14 nights during the dry season of 2007). Note χ2 is a comparison of the attractiveness of cattle and buffalo for the various species of anophelines, with * significant at P < 0.05 and **significant at P < 0.001.
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